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After winning Werder Bremen, Mainz is second in the standings with six points, and the first place is still Bayern.

After Bayern Munich slaughtered Borussia Monchenchen 3-0, they slaughtered Bayer Leverkusen 5-2 away from home, and if Bayern hadn't given up defending in the final stage, Bayer Leverkusen wouldn't have scored a goal.

The score was widely seen in the media as Bayern's response to the challenge from Mainz.

Aren't you strong in offense, let you see what offensive ability is?

Six days later, the Bundesliga was closed for a week.

Because Germany has another important event in place.

German Cup.

When Jurgen Klopp found out that the opponent of the second team was Karlsruhe, he did not hesitate to send eight first-team players to the second team.

The purpose is simple, of course, there are too many first-team players and the players need to stay in shape when the intensity of the game is not coming.

If you play against other teams, such as amateur teams, then you don't have this one.

However, the opponent is a professional powerhouse, so Klopp will have to think about it.

As a result, Mainz almost sent a team worth more than 15 million euros to form a second-team squad to face Karlsruhe at home.

On the same day, the home team organized an eighteen-man squad to compete in the Rostock youth team!

As soon as the news came out, the media immediately exploded.

"Mainz manager Jurgen Klopp thought about maintaining his player form, and actually sent almost all the members of the first team to participate in the second team's German Cup match, while the home team instead brought eleven main players and seven second team players to bully the Rostock youth team."

'Jurgen Klopp's desire for his players to fit in and plenty of rest on the other hand doesn't work, you can't have it both ways, especially since they are about to face the Europa League qualifiers and the third round of the league.

The result speaks for itself, FSVMainz05B, Mainz II defeated their opponents at the home stadium in Karlsruhe.

Among them, Modric scored a goal, Ozil scored a goal, Michael Zach scored a goal, and left midfielder Paye actually scored a brace!

On the other hand, against Rostock's youth team, it was no surprise that Mainz passed the test, Wang Zhen scored the first goal of the German Cup this season, and the total number of goals scored on all fronts this season reached 10 goals.

In addition to Wang Zhen, in the face of the Rostock youth team, Mike Hank scored a goal and Ben Alfa scored a goal to win the opponent 3:0.

As soon as the results of the game came out, Karlsruhe coach Becker spoke directly to the media: "The German Cup is a cup competition that gives weak teams a chance to perform, but our opponent has sent a squad that is enough to buy our club to face it, not to mention, this is only their second-team game." ”

After the game, the media also interviewed Wang Zhen, Wang Zhen felt angry and funny: "Our team's youth training is the main source of players, and the transfer is only a small part of the composition of players, we can form two strong teams, and need to play, eager to win, no one can criticize the winner, no one, wait for us to lose, you criticize again." ”

Mainz doesn't think it's anything to the insiders.

First of all, the team is so young, both academy players and signings are almost all between the ages of 18 and 22, and it is only natural for them to win playing time with good performances.

Second, the first team went to play Rostock Youth, and the second team went to play Karlsruhe instead, and the people who were sent to play football did not have any dissatisfaction, after all, the opponent was stronger.

The only thing that was cool was Bel Colin, I didn't expect Klopp to eat meat, he also drank broth, and he was able to take a genius out to play, which is not something that every team's second-team coach can feel.

On the contrary, Wang Erlei, because his teammates were too show-stealing, he played a whole game with the goalpost, a month of trial, and a month left, although he knew that he stayed, he hoped to have a perfect performance to attract Klopp's attention.

On August 25, Keflavik came to visit.

Jurgen Klopp fielded a full squad to take on the game.

Iceland's team is extremely resilient, good at attacking with corners and touchline kicks, and if you don't pay attention, you will capsize in the gutter.

Mainz, who played against the main team, was extremely strong and quickly took over.

In the thirteenth minute, Wang Zhen scored another goal, and the number of goals in the Europa League came to seven......

In the 26th minute, Ben Arfa broke through and stabbed off the woodwork, and Roric Khanna, who came in from outside the box, picked up the empty net and scored his first goal since joining Mainz.

In the 40th minute, Ribery scored a goal from a free kick.

After winning the game completely, Klopp did not hesitate to replace Wang Zhen, Ribery, and Cana.

Wang Zhen is the center of the team, the core of the tactics, and naturally he will rest when he seizes the opportunity, Ribery and Kana ran 5,000 meters in the first half, and the rest is also for the league.

In the end, Mainz went one step further and made it to the final round of qualifying.

Three days later, on August 28, Mainz ushered in the third round of the league against Bielefeld!

In this game, Wang Zhen suddenly lost his hot state, and the whole game was like sleepwalking, Bielefeld used a double pinch to defend Wang Zhen, and then contracted the defense to counterattack.

In this situation, Ribery and others directly set aside the battery to shoot from a distance.

As a result, luck really ceased to be in Mainz.

In the 27th minute, Bielefeld striker Marco Konzel broke Neuer's 10-finger mark on the counter-attack.

Not only did the kick not score, but Mainz's defense also suffered from big problems in this game.

Warnes missed Konzell, and as a result, Konzel completed a shot in the penalty area, and Neuer had already saved the football, but the ball actually got on the ground and then spun with a strong spin, hitting the post and jumping into the goal under Neuer's nose!

In the 58th minute, Franck Ribery fired a 32-metre shot straight past Madias Hain's goal.

However, bad luck still came, and in the 67th minute, Spasoye, who had just replaced Warnes, kicked the football into his own goal with a kick in the defense.

As a result, Mainz still maintained a strong firepower, but this time, Mainz, who scored more goals, lost the game.

After the game, Ribery divided 2.4 points, Spasoye, Vaughans, and Neuer shared three points, and Wang Zhen scored 4.6 points, which was the lowest score Wang Zhen got in Mainz.

Not only because there was no goal in this game, but also because Wang Zhen disappeared in this game.

If future opponents learn such defensive strategies, Wang Zhen may be difficult.

After this game, there was an overwhelming amount of ridicule and criticism.

"Wang Zhen, didn't you say that you would criticize you when you lose? Is it good to lose this game? Criticism is coming, read on! ”

It's not just criticism, there's something more serious coming.

The draw for the final qualifiers is out, with Mainz facing Spanish side Sevilla on September 19, away and then at home.

In the face of such criticism, Klopp was unimpressed: "Football is like that, nobody can win all the time, it's just a defeat and our eyes are already on the next game. ”